SEVEN PLAGUES (2-7): THE 7TH BOWL OF GOD'S WRATH (REVELATION 16:17-21)
(Message by Tanny Keng)
1. Revelation
a) John wrote Revelation while a prisoner on the Island of Patmos, approximately 85-95 A.D. Its purpose is to give encouragement and hope for all Christians to continue watching for the return and triumph of the Lord Jesus Christ. It also is to warn of the Final Judgment that nonbelievers will endure on that Last Day.
b) John wrote that Revelation is special because,“Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of the prophecy, and heed the things which are written in it; for the time is near” (Revelation 1:3).
c) A brief view of the Book of Revelation. It gives you some basic understanding of the book of Revelation.
2. The 7th Bowl Of God's Wrath
Revelation 16:17-21
17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, “It is done.” 18 And there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. 19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce wrath. 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 21 And huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely severe.
3. The Terrible Destruction
Revelation 16:17-21
a) Throne
i) At the seventh and final bowl's pouring a loud voice comes from the throne in the temple (Revelation 16:17). What's a throne doing in the temple? Well of course Jesus is both Priest and King and his kingdom is "a kingdom of priests" (Revelation 1:6).
b) Babylon
i) The fall of Babylon was a long time before the visions of Revelation, but the fall of Rome had not yet happened. Even after the Roman Empire's demise, the antichristian kingdom continues until its destruction on the great day of God. So “Babylon” is used in this and following visions as a fitting name for the kingdom of Satan.
c) Huge hailstones
i) John sees the greatest earthquake ever, and then a hailstorm so severe that its hailstones weighed about one talent (or 30 kg) each. Mountains and islands were destroyed. These events are visions. They are imaginable. Expect the real events to be unimaginably worse.
The End ...
Revelation 16:17-21
17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl upon the air, and a loud voice came out of the temple from the throne, saying, “It is done.” 18 And there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder; and there was a great earthquake, such as there had not been since man came to be upon the earth, so great an earthquake was it, and so mighty. 19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell. Babylon the great was remembered before God, to give her the cup of the wine of His fierce wrath. 20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not found. 21 And huge hailstones, about one hundred pounds each, came down from heaven upon men; and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail, because its plague was extremely severe.
3. The Terrible Destruction
Revelation 16:17-21
a) Throne
i) At the seventh and final bowl's pouring a loud voice comes from the throne in the temple (Revelation 16:17). What's a throne doing in the temple? Well of course Jesus is both Priest and King and his kingdom is "a kingdom of priests" (Revelation 1:6).
b) Babylon
i) The fall of Babylon was a long time before the visions of Revelation, but the fall of Rome had not yet happened. Even after the Roman Empire's demise, the antichristian kingdom continues until its destruction on the great day of God. So “Babylon” is used in this and following visions as a fitting name for the kingdom of Satan.
c) Huge hailstones
i) John sees the greatest earthquake ever, and then a hailstorm so severe that its hailstones weighed about one talent (or 30 kg) each. Mountains and islands were destroyed. These events are visions. They are imaginable. Expect the real events to be unimaginably worse.
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